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MeSH Heading: Fontan Procedure
Tree Number(s): E04.035.410.295; E04.100.376.410.295; E04.100.376.724.500; E04.100.814.868.875.295; E04.928.220.370.295; E04.928.220.560.500
Unique ID: D018729
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018729
Scope Note: A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
Entry Term(s): Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt; Bidirectional Glenn Procedure; Bidirectional Glenn Shunt; Fontan Circuit; Fontan Circulation; Fontan Operation; Fontan Palliation; Hemi-Fontan Procedure; Norwood Procedure, Stage 2; Norwood Procedure, Stage 3; Norwood Procedure, Stage II; Norwood Procedure, Stage III; Stage 2 Norwood Procedure; Stage 3 Norwood Procedure; Stage II Norwood Procedure; Stage III Norwood Procedure
Previous Indexing: Heart Defects, Congenital/surgery (1977-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/19
Revision Date: 2019/02/22

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Concept UI: M0028059
Scope Note: A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
Terms: Fontan Procedure Preferred Term
Term UI T055783
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
Term UI T762905
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Fontan Palliation
Term UI T000948443
Date11/13/2018
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
Term UI T762907
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Norwood Procedure, Stage III
Term UI T762908
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Fontan Operation
Term UI T055782
Date02/08/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Stage III Norwood Procedure
Term UI T762906
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

Concept UI: M0028060
Terms: Hemi-Fontan Procedure Preferred Term
Term UI T055784
Date02/03/1998
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Norwood Procedure, Stage 2
Term UI T762910
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Bidirectional Glenn Shunt
Term UI T762915
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Stage II Norwood Procedure
Term UI T762912
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Bidirectional Glenn Procedure
Term UI T762913
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt
Term UI T762914
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Norwood Procedure, Stage II
Term UI T762909
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Stage 2 Norwood Procedure
Term UI T762911
Date12/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

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